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Australian Council of Social Service . About Us. Poverty in Australia is a major policy and advocacy focus for ACOSS . Poverty can be measured in different ways, including as a measure of income or wealth, using ‘poverty lines’; or by looking at what essential items people are missing out

See more of Australian Council of Social Service on Facebook. ACOSS is a strong supporter of #Scamsweek18 - Sadly many people we advocate on behalf of are targets of scammers, who prey on people doing it tough and in a desperate & vulnerable situation.

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ACOSS welcomes ‘ first big step’ towards superannuation reform. 23 November 2016. ACOSS calls on Coalition to retreat from Budget measures that hurt people in poverty. ACOSS calls on Commonwealth to end funding uncertainty over services .

Since leaving the cabinet a year ago, I 've had the opportunity to see at first hand the consequences of trade policy . No longer sitting in the air-conditioned offices of fellow government ministers I have, instead, been meeting farmers and communities at the sharp end .

Australian Council of Social Service chief executive Cassandra Goldie says these include the community development program, income management and work for the dole

"We want those programs stopped. We want them abolished and those funds reinvested, getting behind the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders," she told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday.

"Unless we're prepared to do that, we will not 'Close the Gap' on employment."

National Congress of Australia's First People chief executive Gary Oliver said it is important to acknowledge the failures of government and questioned its Closing the Gap "refresh" that is about to happen around economic prosperity.

"How can we as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people be ready for economic prosperity where we haven't got housing, where we've got more people incarcerated and we've got draconian policies happening to us around workplace laws and also the cashless card as well," he told reporters.

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